Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

Boss Mo's exclamations below continued one after another, and were finally drowned out by the sound of the locusts flapping their wings.

Some people could vaguely see a helicopter in the sky through the transparent glass window. The airflow created by the helicopter prevented the locusts from approaching, and a white square object was projected from the helicopter.

The block of object exploded in mid-air and turned into a large area of ​​white powder, which was scattered to the ground with the strong wind.

Strangely enough, once the locusts came into contact with this kind of powder, their movements gradually became slow, but they did not die immediately. Instead, their wings fell off their bodies, and they were like wingless termites that could only crawl on objects.

At this moment, the radio outside suddenly sounded.

【Attention, residents of the second district. Attention, residents of the second district. Currently, some areas in the base are being attacked by mutant locusts. Residents who are still outdoors, please evacuate quickly and do not stay outside. Residents in the house, please lock the doors and windows. It is known that the mutant locusts are not toxic, but they are aggressive. Once bitten by the mutant locusts, residents do not need to panic. You can use soap and alkaline water at home to properly clean the wound. If the bite is severe, please go to a nearby health center for medical treatment immediately after the locust plague.】

At this time, Lan Qin found a bottle of dishwashing detergent in the kitchen and immediately handed it to the proprietress who was stung in several places.

"Auntie Man, detergent is also alkaline, wash it quickly."

After the proprietress stretched out her hand, Lan Qin quickly poured some on her palm. At this time, there were several obvious wounds on the back of the proprietress's hand and elbow, which looked like an allergy.

I didn't feel much when I first got stung, but after about ten minutes the stung area started to itch and get hot, and I couldn't help but want to scratch it.

Not to mention the boss lady, Uncle Zhang in the kitchen had also scratched the place on his neck where he was stung. What's more terrifying is that once that place is scratched, pus will flow out, causing the original wound area to spread.

After simply scrubbing the stung wound with detergent, the pain and itching were relieved a lot.

Uncle Zhang had a little trouble. He was busy blocking the gap in the door and didn't notice the mutated locusts coming out of the window. As a result, they accidentally got into his clothes and stung in many places on his back.

After seeing that the boss lady tried it herself and it was indeed effective, Uncle Zhang immediately rushed to the bathroom on the first floor, where there was a large piece of soap that was usually used for scrubbing clothes. He immediately closed the door as soon as he entered, then took off his clothes and looked in the mirror. Sure enough, there was not a single piece of good skin on his entire back. It was all covered with large patches of red bite marks similar to urticaria.

Uncle Zhang gritted his teeth and put on soap directly, but he didn't dare to use too much force on his hands. He washed his back repeatedly twice before he felt a little more comfortable.

After changing his clothes and coming out, he looked as if he was a dozen years older, with a tired look on his face.

Outside, the sound of explosions from the powder dropped from the helicopter continued to be heard one after another. The locusts that were originally densely packed on the window lost their wings because they were contaminated by the white powder.

Lan Qin went close to the window and looked out, and she almost got goose bumps because of the situation on the street.

All I saw were black locusts wriggling on the floor of the street. Those that could no longer fly could only crawl on the ground. Some of them found wooden objects to gnaw on and began to gnaw on them frantically.

A shop selling second-hand kitchenware diagonally opposite had no time to clean up the tables, chairs and benches outside. At this time, only two legs of the table were left, and the tabletop had been gnawed into many holes.

Lan Qin screamed at this moment, and her outstretched fingers trembled.

Xiaoli walked over quickly and saw through the window a figure lying outside the dessert shop opposite, with all kinds of locusts crawling all over the body.

The lady boss also saw it and shook her head, saying, "It's probably hopeless."

Gu Tongwan saw the person on the ground lying motionless, allowing the locusts to gnaw on him. The exposed skin on his body had begun to ooze pus.

"Everyone advised him to pack up and go back, but he wouldn't listen. The way he is now is entirely his own fault." The proprietress sighed, but there was not much regret in her tone, as if she had expected that this day would come to the owner of the dessert shop opposite. After all, he was a notoriously selfish man, and most of the reason for his ending was to blame on Zi himself.

At this time, the broadcast outside sounded again, this time informing the residents of the base that the locust plague had been initially controlled. Residents could take a short trip the next morning, and residents in the city were encouraged to participate in the locust eradication operation.

The base will currently carry out aerial insecticide powder drops every six hours. During the powder drops, residents can temporarily return indoors.

This type of powder has significant effects on mutated locusts and cockroaches, but it requires a large amount of medicine.

At present, four free powder collection points have been set up in the outer circle and the inner circle of the base. Residents can receive a bag of powder with their identity badges. The powder can be directly sprayed after being mixed with water, but the effect will be weakened. If used directly, it is only enough for a small area. For this reason, the base also encourages residents to eliminate the remaining locusts on their own, but does not advocate killing insects by burning. After burning, locusts are prone to emit strange gases. Although the gas has not been found to be harmful to the body, the smell lingers for a long time, greatly affecting the normal life of residents.

After confirming that there would not be a second round of locust attacks for the time being, some people began to come out of their homes one after another.

Boss Mo's body was lying outside his own dessert shop. The locusts crawling on his body died naturally after a few hours due to the stimulation of the powder and fell off his body.

Boss Mo's wife and child walked downstairs. His wife couldn't bear to look at the swollen and festering corpse in front of her, so she turned her head away and didn't want to continue looking.

The eldest son was very filial. He knelt on the ground and cried "Dad" over and over again, but at the same time he was too timid to touch Boss Mo's body, so he could only continue crying from a distance of about two meters.

Only Boss Mo's daughter looked at her father's body numbly, with indifference in her eyes, as if she was looking at a stranger. At the same time, she felt a little relieved and at ease.

Although she no longer has her father, she still has her mother and brother, as well as the dessert shop that was left behind. As long as she can run it well, there is no need to worry about the three of them starving.

Here, I remembered the sirens of the Self-Defense Force vehicles and the sounds of the health center vehicles. Perhaps the patrolling Self-Defense Force saw the body on the ground, so they stopped the car.

People from the health center also got off the car. A group of them were wearing masks and disinfection suits. After they came up, one of them pointed at Boss Mo's body and frowned, saying, "He must have been dead for several hours. We have to take him to the incinerator immediately, otherwise he will easily rot and become polluted over time."

Boss Mo's wife slowly came back to her senses at this time, and hurriedly asked: "Incineration? What about the ashes?" The man from the hospital seemed to be amused, and said: "Sister, do you think this happened in the past? There have been a few deaths in the base in the past two years. Who doesn't take the body to the incinerator for cremation? If we have to divide the ashes every time, how much work will we have?"

After hearing this, Boss Mo's wife opened her mouth, but in the end she could only swallow her objection silently and watched the people from the health center put the body into a bag and pull it into the car.

In the afternoon, the official forum released specific information about the locust plague.

First of all, it has been confirmed that this locust plague was caused by the recent beast tide. As for why they directly attacked the base, it may be related to the heat source in the base, that is, where people live, there is heat and certain pheromones that locusts need.

Furthermore, this type of mutated locust has incorporated some of the characteristics of termites, especially the mutated wings are transparent white. In addition to devouring food, it will also gnaw on all wooden items.

Fortunately, the base was built with insects in mind, so the buildings were basically made of reinforced concrete. Therefore, the locusts did not cause large-scale damage to the buildings.

At noon, Gu Tongwan drove to the yard and found one or two mutant locusts scattered in the yard. He also discovered that some discarded wooden boards originally placed in the yard had been gnawed away, leaving only a pile of powder.

She was suddenly startled. After all, there was a batch of wooden furniture in the room. If they were eaten by locusts, it would be a loss.

Fortunately, after opening the door, there was no trace of locusts and the furniture was intact.

It is estimated that this place belongs to the inner circle of the "high-end residential area", where there are mostly Self-Defense Forces or people with special abilities. The locusts can also subconsciously feel the fluctuations of special abilities here, so they will actively avoid places where people with special abilities are.

However, in order to avoid the locust plague from coming back, Gu Tongwan still blocked the gaps between the windows and the door with sponges. Because she was worried, she simply placed some green potted plants taken out from the space in the four corners of the house, and used her consciousness to release some of the branches of the blood vine.

In this way, even if locusts invade, the blood vine branches will automatically prey on the mutant insects by following their scent.

On the way back, I stopped by Liao Yunyun's apartment. As soon as I arrived at her community, I found that the security personnel in the community were carrying huge disinfection barrels and spraying pesticides around the community.

When I went upstairs, I saw many people holding insecticide powder in their hands. They should be taking it home. After all, the base now encourages everyone to spray insecticide powder on their houses on their own initiative.

Liao Yunyun was wearing a mask and was busy using a large spray bottle to spray a bucket of water mixed with medicine powder towards every corner outside the door.

After seeing her coming, he only looked up and said: A: "You are here, then wait for me for a while, I will be ready soon."

Gu Tongwan was not idle either. He put on the gloves on the table, then consciously picked up a rag and dipped it in the liquid with the medicine powder, and wiped it evenly on some wooden furniture. This way, the medicine powder would leave a smell on the surface of the furniture, and locusts would subconsciously avoid it when they smelled the smell, which could reduce the risk of furniture being gnawed.

By the time the two of them finished their work, it was already past four in the afternoon. Liao Yunyun sat on the sofa, panting from exhaustion. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "A group of locusts appeared in the community last night. The building in front of me was in great trouble. One family usually liked to open the door for fresh air while eating, but the locusts happened to come to our southeast buildings. Of the four people in that family, two died directly, and the other two were sent to the hospital. In our building, several people also had adverse reactions after being bitten by locusts. The preliminary judgment is that it may be an allergic reaction caused by the festering of the wound."

"The radio broadcast this afternoon said that the locust plague is a phased one and may not just happen this time. Check the doors and windows again before you go to bed at night. Although it will be a little stuffy, be careful not to leave any gaps. If that doesn't work, sprinkle some insecticide powder beside the bed." Gu Tongwan frowned and warned.

Liao Yunyun nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know this. I don't want to be bitten by insects in the middle of the night. But have you noticed that after the beast tide came, the mutant insects also became active? Last night, I slapped a mosquito as big as my little finger to death. I slapped it and it was covered in blood. It was terrible."

"It should be a mosquito that was dormant in the sewer earlier, and it came out in droves because of the beast tide. Then you should buy a mosquito net and hang it up, which will be of some use." Gu Tongwan said.

"When I went to get the insecticide powder this morning, I went to the commercial street on purpose. Not to mention mosquito nets, even ordinary gauze was out of stock. Firstly, the supply is limited, and secondly, they were all bought up by the rich and powerful." Liao Yunyun rolled her eyes speechlessly when she said this, but she also felt her helplessness. After all, the rich and powerful may have received the news a long time ago, so they took action in advance. However, the mosquito nets were monopolized, which may also mean that mosquitoes will be rampant in the future.

"How about this, I have a mosquito net at the back of my car, I'll get it for you."

In fact, she remembered that she had bought a batch of bedding in a department store, including many mosquito nets, all of which were lace or princess styles. When she was in the empty city, she slept in the tent with an extra mosquito net because she was worried about being bitten by mosquitoes. She lived there for almost two years and only used up two mosquito nets.

Liao Yunyun was unwilling to take advantage of her friend and immediately shook her head and said, "You should keep it for yourself. I should be fine if I pay attention tonight."

"I have another bed. The one in the car is extra." As he said this, he was already walking towards the door.

Liao Yunyun watched her friend walk out, and then saw the slightly empty bed in the living room, and finally just pursed her lips.

When Gu Tongwan walked downstairs holding a mosquito net, an old lady immediately stopped her, her eyes fixed on the mosquito net in her hand.

The old lady was holding a little boy of about three or four years old. The boy's neck and arms were covered with marks of locust bites, but for some reason the old lady did not seem to have treated the boy properly, and the red marks seemed to be turning into pus.

The old lady smiled flatteringly and said, "Little sister, what you are holding in your hand is a mosquito net, right? Can you negotiate and sell it to us?"

Perhaps because he was worried that she would not agree, he pulled the little boy again and even pulled the boy's wound, causing the child to cry out in pain.

But the old lady didn't care about all this and just stared at her hungrily.

There was no emotion on Gu Tongwan's face, he just said "No" in a calm voice.